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July 21, 1956

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Top 9 R H E
Tigers 3 8 0
Red Sox 9 14 1
Top 9 R H E
Tigers 3 8 0
Red Sox 9 14 1

Earl Torgeson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .260
OBP .500 .397
At Bats 3 192
Hits 1 50
• Singles 0 36
• Doubles 1 5
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 9
Walks 1 45
RBI’s 1 28

Frank Sullivan Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 4 0
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Fenway Park - July 21, 1956
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Out
Frank Sullivan
Sammy White
Dick Gernert
Billy Consolo
Billy Klaus
Don Buddin
Gene Stephens
Jim Piersall
Jackie Jensen
Earl Torgeson
Jim Small

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Detroit Tigers 3 8 0 8
Boston Red Sox 9 14 1 9
Winning Pitcher Frank Sullivan
Losing Pitcher Billy Hoeft
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Ted Williams
Attendance 9,937
Time of Game 2 hours 20 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Torgeson hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Kuenn hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Jim Small pinch hits for Walt Masterson. Small hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Billy Consolo now playing second base. Bolling hits a popup, foul, towards first. Gernert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torgeson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Jensen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Stephens moves to third. Gernert moves to second.
Bottom 8 Gernert hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Klaus scores. Stephens moves to second.
Bottom 8 Stephens hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Consolo scores. Klaus moves to third.
Bottom 8 Billy Consolo pinch runs for Billy Goodman. Klaus takes first base on ball four. Consolo moves to second.
Bottom 8 Goodman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Sullivan strikes out.
Bottom 8 Buddin hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Tuttle hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 House hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Goodman fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 8 Billy Klaus now playing third base. Gene Stephens now playing left field. Boone takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 White hits a line drive into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Piersall takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Gernert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Williams hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 7 Walt Masterson now pitching. Billy Klaus pinch hits for Ted Lepcio. Klaus hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Maxwell hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Torgeson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jensen. Torgeson reaches second base with a double. Belardi scores.
Top 7 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Goodman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Wayne Belardi pinch hits for Billy Hoeft. Belardi hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jensen who is chasing the ball. Belardi reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 6 Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Sullivan bunts towards first. Torgeson scoops it up and throws to first, with Bolling covering, for the out. White moves to second.
Bottom 6 Buddin hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Piersall tags and scores.
Bottom 6 White hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Piersall moves to third.
Bottom 6 Piersall hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Maxwell. Piersall reaches second base with a double. Jensen scores.
Bottom 6 Jensen hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Maxwell. Jensen reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Bolling hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 House hits a popup, foul, towards first. Gernert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Gernert hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Williams hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Tuttle. Williams reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Lepcio strikes out.
Bottom 5 Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lepcio fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Kaline hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Maxwell hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Torgeson hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Sullivan hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Buddin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 White hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Piersall scores.
Bottom 4 Piersall hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Maxwell. Piersall reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Kuenn hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hoeft hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Bolling hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lepcio fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Gernert hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Williams hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. White scores. Buddin scores. Lepcio moves to second.
Bottom 3 Lepcio takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Goodman hits a line drive towards short. Kuenn reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Sullivan bunts towards the mound. Hoeft fields it and throws to first for the out. White moves to third. Buddin moves to second.
Bottom 3 Buddin takes first base on ball four. White moves to second.
Bottom 3 White hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 House hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. White forces the runner at the plate and throws to first for the double play.
Top 3 Boone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Torgeson moves to third. Maxwell moves to second.
Top 3 Kaline is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Maxwell takes first base on ball four. Torgeson moves to second.
Top 3 Torgeson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 There goes Piersall. The throw from House and he is out, Bolling applying the tag.
Bottom 2 Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Jensen hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bolling settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Gernert hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Kuenn hits a line drive into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Hoeft hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bolling moves to third.
Top 2 Bolling hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Bolling reaches second base with a double. House goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Tuttle hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 House hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gernert juggles the ball. That's an error on Gernert.
Top 2 Boone hits a popup towards short. Buddin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Williams is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Lepcio hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. House fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Goodman hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Bolling reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Kaline hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Maxwell takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Torgeson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gernert scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Torgeson for the out.
Top 1 Kuenn hits a popup towards third. Lepcio settles under it and makes the catch for the out.